An organization stores its important industry data in a relational database. They want to create a new revenue stream by enabling third parties to use that data in their applications. Which cloud firs

Adding third-party users directly to the database exposes internal schema, raises serious security risks, and is not scalable.

Offering archived data downloads is a batch, manual process that is not suitable for real-time application integration.

A chargeable API creates a scalable, secure, and programmable interface between the organization's data and external developers. It allows third parties to integrate the data into their own applications while giving the organization full control over access, rate limiting, and billing. This is the standard cloud-first approach for data monetization, often implemented with API management tools like Apigee.

Migrating to a non-relational database addresses a storage format concern and does not by itself create a monetization channel.